Welcome to #icaoTRIP, ICAO’s Thirteenth Symposium and Exhibition on the ICAO Traveller Identification Programme being held in from 24 to 26 October 2017 in Montreal, Canada. The key point of the ICAO TRIP Strategy is a recognized need for a holistic and integrated approach to traveller identification management.

The Symposium will address the five elements of the ICAO TRIP Strategy, including machine readable travel documents (MRTDs) specifications and best practices for document issuance, identification management and related border security issues.

In line with UN Security Council Resolutions 2178 (2014) and 2309 (2016) that re-affirmed the importance of border controls to combat terrorism, the Symposium will provide an opportunity to enhance international cooperation and collaboration to address the threats faced by international civil aviation. This will be accomplished by promoting the global framework established by Annex 9 – Facilitation to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Accordingly, the theme of this year’s Symposium will highlight how to secure border integrity through border control management processes, including the implementation of an Advance Passenger Information (API) system.

ICAO recognizes the benefits of traveller identification management to aviation security and travel facilitation. ICAO’s mission is to contribute to the capacity of Member States, under the “No Country Left Behind” objective, to uniquely identify individuals by providing tools and knowledge to establish and confirm the identity of travellers.

Day 1 – 24 October 2017

Opening Session – 24 October 2017 9:30-10:30

ICAO will be joined by senior officials from related organizations to provide high-level perspectives on the opportunity that improved traveller identification presents to strengthen aviation security and travel facilitation.

Ms. Nina Brooks, Head Security, Airport Council International (ACI) World

Mrs. Rochelle Tuner, Research Director, World Travel & Tourism Council

Session 2: Roadmap for TRIP Implementation by Member States – 24 October 2017 14:00-15:15

The roadmap aims to serve as guidance for Member States in their implementation effort. In implementing the roadmap, in the first instance, Member States will continue focusing on implementing the standards and recommended practices (SARPs) in Annex 9 – Facilitation and the related international specifications for machine readable travel documents contained in ICAO Doc 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents.

Credible evidence of identity, involving the tracing, linkage and verification of identity against breeder documents, is essential to ensuring robust traveller identification for security and border control purposes. Experts in this basic element of the traveller identification will share their works and experiences in ensuring a robust identity management process.

Moderator

Mr. Joseph Atick, Executive Chairman, ID4Africa & Identity Counsel

Speakers

Mrs. Rhodia Maas, National Office for Identity Data, the Netherlands: Innovation in the Identity Domain: is ICAO’s TRIP prepared for innovations?

Fraudulent activities present a serious challenge to ensuring effective and reliable traveller identification management. Technical experts will offer their recent operational experience to highlight current challenges and possible solutions relating to the different types of fraud related to travel documents, as well as involving application and issuance process.

Moderator

Mr. Joel Zlotnick, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Day 3 – 26 October 2017

A key element in strengthening aviation security is to ensure that border inspection systems provide timely, secure and reliable links between travel documents, travellers and security information held in government databases. Expert will provide examples regarding these important element which aims to expedite the movement of legitimate travellers while identifying high-risk individuals.

Successful implementation of the ICAO TRIP Strategy is essential to helping Sates develop and maintain robust traveller identification management. This also enhances facilitation, which in turn supports wider economic development objectives. The rapid place and diversity of innovation is producing new possibilities for the way in which traveller identification can be managed. Experts will give their views on current and future initiatives and challenges.